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note to teachers

primary students learning English as a first language and for junior high students learning it as a foreign language The contents closely follow the school syllabus Each unit covers a specific grammar point in a clear and relevant way, allowing

the young learner to practise both the use and meaning of the grammar point

The units follow a familiar pattern of practising at both the sentence and text

and exercises using cloze texts so that students can focus on the language itself and not be distracted by varying methods and instructions

Since each unit deals with a precise grammar item teachers are encouraged to

classroom This way, these practice books complement the school English

lessons

The authors strongly believe that, while the English language is the focus, the

in other classes

events, science and technology, sports, animal life, etc

~~ to be fun: the texts include especially written stories, traditional folk and

environment and pollution, civic responsibility, etc

Finally, in the knowledge that teachers are busy people, the series has been

designed to be 'teacher friendly' so it is unambiguous and easy to use

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at you'll find in this book

19 The Simple Present and Present Continuous Tenses 75

20 The Simple Past Tense: Regular Verbs 79

21 The Simple Past Tense: Irregular Verbs 83

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22 The Past Continuous Tense 87

23 Questions in the Past Continuous Tense 91

24 The Simple Past and Past Continuous Tenses 95

26 Talking about the Future: will, shall , be going to 103

27 Talking about the Future: will, be going to ,

28 Talking about Ability in the Present 111

29 Talking about Ability in the Past 115

30 Modals for Asking Permission : may, can,

1 Do you like roast ( potato I potatoes )?

2 What colour are the ( bus I buses ) in your town?

3 May I borrow your ( scissor I scissors )?

4 How many ( foot I feet ) does a centipede

have?

5 Are you scared of ( mouse I mice )?

6 How many times a day do you brush your

( teeth I tooth )?

7 How many ( children I child ) are there in your

class?

8 Mum bought some ( strawberry I strawberries

9 Do you wear ( short I shorts ) to school?

10 What language do ( people I person ) in

France speak?

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Fill in the gaps with the singular or plural form of the noun in brackets

Laying the table

My mother always asks me to lay the table for dinner First, I put out

the big, white (1) (plate) and then the (2) _ _ _ _ _

(knife), (3) (fork) and spoons Next, I carefully fold a

(4) (napkin) for each (5) (person) Then I put the (6) (glass) for water on the table My mother

cuts a (7) _ _ _ _ (loaf) of bread with a sharp (8) _ _ _ _

(knife) and I put the bread basket on the table Finally, I put a big bowl

of fresh fruit- (9) (mango), (10)

(cherry) and bananas - in the

centre of the table And

then we are ready to

eat!

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Fill in the gaps with the singular or plural form of the noun in brackets

Computer games

We have two (1) (computer) at home I like playing

on the (2) (computer) in my bedroom with my friends

I have lots of different (3) (game) My favourite

(4) _ (game) is 'Speedtrack 2' Two (5)

(person) can play this racing game There are six (6) _

(car) in the race and each (7) _ (person) chooses a

(8) _ (car) I always

choose the red car When

the race starts we

drive our cars around

the(9) _ _ _ _

(circuit) as fast as

possible The winner is

the person who drives ten

(10) (circuit) in the quickest time

1 My mother bought some new furniture for my bedroom

2 I don't eat a lot of meat but I like burgers

3 We took a lot of luggage on holiday

4 I love fried rice and noodles

5 How much money have you got? I've got 10 dollars!

6 like pop music and I've got lots of COs

7 do my homework 1n the kitchen with my brothers

8 Can I have a pencil and some paper, please?

9 Today the weather will be sunny with a few clouds

10 There is a lot of traffic in the city today

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Preparing for a test

Here is some good (1) (advice) for you Before a

(2) (test) it is important to do some (3) _ _ _ _ _

(revision) Go over your (4) _ _ _ _ _ (lesson) and look at your

(5) _ _ _ (homework) again The night before the test, go

to (6) _ _ _ _ (bed) early and get lots of (7) _ (rest)

On the day of the test, remember to read all the (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ (question) very carefully and make (9) _ _ _ _ (note) on some rough (1 0) (paper)

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Circle the 10 uncount nouns in the passage

Cookery class

Today we will make pancakes Put 150 g of flour into a

bowl with a little bit of salt Add an egg and mix well

Add 250 ml of milk and water Mix again Add 25 g of

melted butter and beat the mixture Put a bit of the

mixture in a frying pan and cook When it is ready, put the pancake on a plate and add jam, sugar or lemon

juice Tomorrow we will learn how to make a dessert with rice and cream

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pocket money do you get?

(2) much (4) little

4 How brothers and sisters do you have?

9 Would you like more rice?

Thank you Just , please

Tomaso : Yes, we have (2) _ _ _ _ practice matches but I

don't do (3) work in the gym

Interviewer: Do you have (4) free time?

Tomaso : No, I don't have (5) _ _ _ _ free days during the

football season

Interviewer : How (6) _ _ _ matches do you play a season?

Tomaso : Between 20 and 40, but we don't play so (7)

games in the last two months of the year

Interviewer : How (8) _ _ _ _ times have you played for your

country?

Tomaso : 32 times

Interviewer : What about food? Do you eat (9) _ _ _ _ meat?

Tomaso : No, I don't I usually eat fish or cheese

Interviewer : And lastly, how (1 0) _ _ _ _ money are you paid for

each match?

Tomaso : That's my secret!

Fill in the gaps with the correct quantifier from the box You may use some

of the quantifiers more than once

-~ -Indonesia Indonesia is an interesting country in Southeast Asia lt is a group

of (1) _ _ _ _ islands: over 3,000 (2) _ _ _ _ of the islands

are very big, like Java, but many of them are very small with only

all Java has a wet season from

October to March, but there is

not (4) _ _ _ rain in the

other months (5)

Indonesians are farmers They

grow (6) _ _ _ different

things such as rice, tea and rubber

The main language, Bahasa Indonesia, is quite easy to

learn with (7) _ _ _ _ practice, and (8) _ _ _ _ tourists learn

(9) _ Indonesian words during their visit Indonesia is so

nice that (1 0) tourists want to go back

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UNIT

Masculine, Feminine and Neutral Nouns

Circle the correct noun in brackets

Example

Madonna is a famous singer and (

1 Mr John Green is our new ( headmaster I headmistress )

2 In fairy tales, ( princes I princesses ) often wear beautiful

dresses

3 The ( hero I heroine ) of this book is called Tom

4 Annie wants to be ( an air steward I a flight attendant ) when she grows up

5 My ( uncle I aunt ) is a waiter in a big restaurant

6 Both Mr and Mrs Naylor are ( policemen I police officers )

7 My ( grandfather I grandmother ) only wears lipstick when

she goes out

8 Cleopatra a beautiful ( king I queen ) of Egypt

9 My ( brother I sister ) goes to an all-boys school

10 Our teacher has a new baby ( son I daughter ) Her name

is Sally

Fill in the gaps with the correct masculine or feminine noun from the box You have to use one noun twice

( cousin uncle

aunt

brother father sister

A family quiz Who is my aunt's daughter? 1

Who is my mother's son? 2

Who is my father's mother? 3

Who is my mother's brother? 4

Who is my brother's father? 5

Who is my father's wife? 6

Who is my father's sister? 7

Who is my uncle's son? 8

Who is my father's daughter? 9

Who is my mother's father? 10

My

My

grandmother mother

My

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Choose the correct noun in brackets to fill in the gaps

Cinderella

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella Her

(1) (mother I father), a kind man,

had married again after Cinderella's

mother died, and he had three

more daughters Cinderella's

three (2) _ _ _ _

(stepsisters I stepbrothers) were

very ugly and her (3) _ _

(stepmother I stepfather) was very unkind

One day the king and (4)

(queen I king) of the country announced

a big party Cinderella was very

unhappy because her stepmother

did not allow her to go to the party

She had to stay at home alone

+ + + Suddenly a beautiful fairy appeared

and said that she was Cinderella's fairy

(5) _ (godmother I godfather) She told Cinderella

that she would go to the dance at

the palace that night

Cinderella arrived at the

palace in a beautiful, new

dress and when the king's

son, the (6) _ _ _ _

(princess I prince), saw her

he fell in love immediately But

at midnight, Cinderella had to leave

the dance She ran home quickly but on the way she lost one of her

_ _ (daughter I son), the prince, would marry the

(girl I boy) who wore the glass shoe All the

_ _ _ (girls I boys) in the city tried the shoe on But it

didn't fit any of them Then the prince arrived at Cinderella's house

One by one, Cinderella's three ugly (1 0) _ _ (stepsisters I

stepbrothers) tried the shoe on, but it didn't fit them The prince saw

Cinderella and asked her to try the shoe on She did and it fitted

perfectly The next day the prince and Cinderella were married and

lived happily ever after

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Proper Nouns

Circle the correct form of the noun in brackets

Example

Madrid is the capital of ( spain

1 London has many beautiful ( parks I Parks )

2 We visited Central ( park I Park ) when we were on holiday

in New York

3 The British ( museum I Museum ) is very big

4 There are many interesting ( museums I Museums ) in Paris

5 In the ( summer I Summer ) we always go to the beach

6 At Christmas we usually eat roast ( turkey I Turkey )

7 Ankara is the capital city of ( turkey I Turkey )

8 What language do ( brazilian I Brazilian ) people speak?

9 I like the ( harry I Harry ) Potter books very much

10 The ( swiss I Swiss ) are famous for their chocolates

Answer the questions with the correct proper noun from the box

George Washington the Alps

Jakarta

A general knowledge quiz

Beijing is the capital of which country?

What is the name of the highest

mountain in the world?

Who was the first president of the

USA?

What is the capital of Indonesia?

What are the mountains in Switzerland

called?

Where do you find the pyramids?

Name the country

What is the largest ocean called?

What festival is celebrated on the

25th of December?

What month is between May and July?

What day is two days after Sunday?

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Choose the correct word from the box to fill in the gaps Begin with a

capita/letter where necessary

(

japanese

noodles

chinese english

country world

indian american

Food, glorious food

italians )

national

The (1) _ _ _ _ _ are famous for pasta and pizza, and everyone

knows about (2) _ _ _ _ _ sushi You can get delicious

(3) food like sweet and sour pork with rice in almost every (4) _ in the world But if you like hot, spicy food, you should try an (5) _ _ _ _ _ curry or some Thai seafood soup Both the spaghetti and fried (6) _ _ _ _ _ are my favourite

dishes A well-known (7) _ _ _ _ _

food is fish and chips, but the

most famous food in the

the (9) _ _ _ _ _ -style

burger!

What's your favourite

food? What is your country's

UNIT

The Articles: a, an, the

Choose the correct article or 'no article' and write its number in the

1 I have got two sandwiches and

apple for lunch today (1) a

5 Where are Himalayan Mountains?

My friend Alia has (1) unusual pet lt isn't (2) _ _ _ _

cat and it isn't (3) _ _ _ _ dog lt's (4) _ _ Madagascar

cockroach lt's called Woody lt's not very big, only (5) _ _ _ _

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few centimetres long Woody lives in (6) warm cage

(7) _ _ cage has a tight lid so Woody can't escape! Woody

eats (8) mixture of grain and fruit lt likes apricots and

mangoes the best There is some water in a little bowl for Woody to

drink Alia changes (9) water every two days so it is

always fresh and clean She likes her pet cockroach very much

Have you got (1 0) interesting or unusual pet?

Fill in the gaps using a, an or the

Italy

Italy is (1) country in

southern Europe lt is shaped like

(2) boot and it sticks out

into (3) Mediterranean Sea Italy has (4) _ lot of mountains In the north there are (5) Alps (6) _ _ _ _ capital of Italy is Rome lt is (7) interesting and beautiful city, where you can see lots of historical buildings The ancient people of Rome had (8) big empire Italy is also famous for its food, especially its pizzas and pasta Have you ever tried (9) _ _ _ _

Italian pizza or (1 0) delicious plate of spaghetti Bolognese?

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Choose the correct adjective and write its number in the brackets

Mountain climbing can be _ - - ·

JK Rowling is probably now the most

writer of children's books in the world

5 Switzerland is a very _ _ country

9 Tom : How was your holiday?

Lisa : I had a great time lt was

( 1) wonderful

(2) wondered

(3) wonder

10 Mother : Why have you brought that kitten home?

Sally : Oh, it was just sitting in the road all alone and

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Fill in the gaps with the correct adjective in brackets

Black Beauty

This is a very (1) (exciting I excited) story about a

(2) (beauty I beautiful) horse called Black Beauty Black Beauty is a (3) (gentle I gently) and good-tempered horse even when it has (4) (cruel I cruelty)

owners There are some (5) _ (sad I sadly) parts

when Black Beauty is treated badly He isn't fed well and becomes

(6) (thinly I thin) and sick The story does have a

(7) (happiness I happy) ending, though Black

Beauty finally finds a (8) (good I goodness) home with (9)

(loved /loving) owners This

isa(10) _ _ _ _ _

(wonder I wonderful) book

that will make you both laugh

and cry

Fill in the gaps with the correct adjective formed from the word in brackets

Marco Polo Marco Polo, the (1) _ _ _ _ _ (fame) explorer, was born in Italy

in the thirteenth century When he was only 18 he travelled to China

with his father and uncle lt was a very (2) (danger)

journey and they were

to arrive in Beijing alive

Marco stayed in China for

17 years and saw lots of

(4) _ _ _

(interest) things He was

very (5) _ _ _ (success) and returned to Italy with

lots of (6) _ _ _ _ (beauty) jewels He wrote a book

about his (7) _ _ (excite) adventures The stories

he told were so (8) _ _ _ _ _ _ (amaze) that many people

thought they were not (9) (truth) Now travelling is

so (10) _ (ease), we forget how difficult and dangerous

it was long ago

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UNIT

Position of Adjectives (before or after nouns)

Decide whether the adjective in brackets should be in position (1) or (2)

Then fill it in the correct gap

Example

Chess is a (1) difficult game (2) _ _ _ _ _

(difficult)

1 The bride ( 1) looks (2) (radiant)

2 lt'sa(1) day, (2) today (fine)

3 What a (1) dress (2) ! (lovely)

4 This (1) cake is (2) (delicious)

5 My (1) brother is (2) (tall)

6 I like (1) oranges (2) Ouicy)

7 Do you like this (1) _ shirt (2) ? (blue)

8 The (1) sky is (2) today (cloudy)

9 These (1) flowers smell (2)

(beautiful)

10 This is a very (1) _ book (2)

(exciting)

Fill in the gaps with the correct adjective from the box Use every adjective only once

big brown

broad perfect strong

friendly curly tall

My brother

kind shy

My (1) _ _ _ _ brother is very good looking He is (2) _ _ _ _

for his age He has large (3) _ _ _ _ _ eyes His hair is black and

a little (4) _ _ _ He does a lot of

sport He has (5) _ _ _

shoulders and looks very

(6) _ _ _ _ _

He doesn't talk a lot

and people think he is

(7) _ _ _ _ In fact, he

is very (8) _ _ _ _ _

even to people he doesn't know

He is (9) _ _ _ _ _ to me and lets me play on his computer

sometimes In fact, he is a (10) _ _ _ _ _ brother

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Fil! in the gaps with the correct adjective from the box Use every adjective only once ;

dentist I always thought that it would be (3) The

room smelled ( 4) _ and the dentist always looked very

1 My brother is _ _ _ (tall) than your brother

2 Sandra is _ _ _ _ _ (good) at Maths than me

3 Cars are _ _ (fast) than bikes

4 Mr Slake thinks Singapore is _ _ _ _ _ (modern) than London

5 My mother is (young) than my father

7 Beijing is (big) than Hong Kong

8 I think English is (easy) than Science

9 This exercise is (difficult) than the last one

10 I think mangoes are (tasty) than bananas

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Fill in the gaps with the comparative form of the adjective in brackets

The twins

Sally and Susie are twins They look very similar but if you look

hard, you can tell the difference between them Sally is a bit

(1) (tall) than Susie and a bit (2) _ _ _ _ _ (thin) too Susie has (3) (long) hair and (4) (big) eyes than Sally Her nose is a bit (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ (pointed) too Their teachers know who is Susie and who is Sally because Sally is

(6) (good) at Maths and (7) (bad) at History than Susie Susie gets (8) _ _ _ _ _ (high) marks in Art and Social Science In sport,

Susie is a (9) _ _ _ _ _

(fast) runner than

Sally, but Sally is a

(10) _ _ _ _

(strong) swimmer

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Fill in the gaps with the comparative form of the adjectives from the box You will have to use one adjective twice

dangerous beautiful

rare tall

small fast

Big cats

heavy strong

long J

Lions and cheetahs are members of the cat family but they are very

different A lion is about 180 cm long but a cheetah is only about 130 cm

So a lion is (1) _ _ than a cheetah Lions are about 100 cm tall but cheetahs are only about 70 cm So lions are (2) _ _ _ _ _ too Lions are also much (3) _ _ _ _ than cheetahs, weighing as much

as 160 kg each The cheetah only weighs about 50 kg So the lions'

bigger size makes them much (4) _ than cheetahs and

(5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as they sometimes attack people Lions live in 'prides' of up to 30 animals, but cheetahs live in (6) _ _ groups

of 2 or 4 animals Lions live about two years (7) _ than

cheetahs But, as everyone knows, cheetahs are much (8) _ _ _

than lions They can run up to 100 km an hour Both animals are

beautiful, but I think the cheetah is (9) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ than

the lion because of its lovely spots Sadly, both animals are becoming

(10) _ _ _ _ _ as they are hunted and their homes destroyed

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Jericho is believed to be the city in the world

(1) older (2) most old

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4 The Pacific Ocean is the _ ocean in the world

(1) larger (2) most large

(3) largest (4) large ( )

5 Pluto is the _ planet from the sun

(1) far (2) most far

(3) more far ( 4) furthest ( )

6 Tokyo is the city in the world

8 The Dead Sea is the part of the world not

under an ocean

(1) low (2) lower

(3) most low (4) lowest ( )

9 The cheetah is the land animal

(1) fastest (2) faster

(3) fast (4) most fast ( )

10 The Vatican is the independent state in the

world

( 1) most small (2) small

(3) smaller (4) smallest ( )

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Fill in the gaps with the superlative form of the adjective in brackets

A doctor's life

Being a doctor is one of the (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (useful) jobs

in the world Only the (2) (serious) students finish the 7 long years of training The examinations are some of the

(3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (difficult) at university and only the

(4) (good) students pass them first time

After university, young doctors go to a hospital for more training

Good hospitals have the (5) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (high)

standards and one of the (6) (important)

things is hygiene Junior doctors have to keep high standards and they have to work the (7) _ _ (long) hours you can imagine! lt may not be the (8) (easy) job

in the world but it is probably the (9) (needed) And seeing a sick person get well and go home is one of the

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Look at the information about the three teams Fill in the gaps with the

correct superlative adjective from the box

-( slowest weakest furthest highest worst best fastest lowest strongest most successful

School Sports Day

Charlie Alan Brian EVENT Red team Blue team Green team

100 m race 11 sec 11.5 sec 12 sec

High jump 1.20 m 1.25 m 1.27 m

Long jump 2.10 m 2.40 m 2.15 m

Weight-lifting 10 kg 11.5 kg 10.75 kg

Charlie was the (1) _ _ _ _ runner in the 100 m race and

Brian was the (2) _ _ In the next event, Brian made the (3) _ _ _ _ jump at 1.27 m and Charlie made the (4)

In the third event, the long jump, Alan was first because he jumped the (5) The next part of the competition was weight-lifting Alan was the (6) and Charlie was the (7) _ _ _

In the last race, the relay, Alan's blue team was the (8) _ _ _

and Charlie's red team the (9) _ _ _ _ _ At the end of the day, Alan and his blue team were the (10) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

because they won the most medals

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? I can't see without them!